Portable clothes drier



Oct. 16, 1923., 1,470,653

F.C.SULUVAN PORTABLE CLOTHES DRIER Original Filed March 5. 1920 2Sheets-Sheet 1 WITNESS I HAWQESB F. c. SULLIVAN PORTABLE CLOTHES DRIEROriginal Filed March 5. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 V MM. a." m.

WITNESS I lNVENTOR Patented Oct. 16, 1923.

UNITED "STAT S 1,470,653 PATENT oFFicE.

RANCIS SULLIVAN, OF BR ADDOCK, PENNSYL't'ANIA.

PORTABLE CLOTHES DRIER.

Application filed Marcli 5,1920, Serial No. 363,397. litenevvettFebruary 1, 1923. Serial No. 577,490.

, scription, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa clothes drier embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of the top portion of the drier.

Figure 3 is a detail view of one of the clothes pins which may beemployed.

Figure 4 1s a cross-sectional view of th base portion of the drier.

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the I drier in collapsed orfolded position, and

Figure 6 is a side elevation partly broken awfiy of the motor fan. yinvention has relation to clothes driers and is designed to provide aportable drier by means of which clothes, after being washed, may bequickly and efl'ectively dried. The invention also provides a drierwhich, in its preferred form, is collapsible so that it can be foldedinto a compactform occupying but little space. y

The invention further rovides a drier having its lateral and end wallsof cloth which can be readily and quickly removed for the purpose ofwashing, whereby the clothes being dried can be preventedfrom becomingsoiled by contact with such walls. I

Other advantages and objects of my vention will hereinafter appear.

The nature of the invention will be best understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings in which I have shown a preferred embodimentthereof, and which will now be described, it. being premised, however,that various changes can be made in the details of construction,arrangement and combination of-the several parts, without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

'In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates the hollow base portion ofthe drier 'j which forms a distributing chamber for the drying air. Thisdrying air may be deliv- ,ered into the chamber by any suitable means,preferably, by an electric motor-driven fan 3 having its deliver 4extending into one end portion of the chamber." If desired, the

'of the drier.

fan structuremay be provided with internally arrangedelectric-resistance coils, such as indicated at 5 in Figure 6, for theurpose of heating the air which is blasted into the chamber by the fan.The top member of the base portion is provided with a plurality I ofdistributinq slots 7 extending transversely thereof, or otherwisesuitably arranged;

providing for a more uniform distribution of the air. Preferably themotor fan is detachably engaged with the drier so that it can'be readilyremoved, when desired.

The numeral 8 designates the top portion of the drier having downwardlyextending edge flanges 9 and provided in. its upper portion with anysuitable arrangement of air discharge openings. or slots 10.

The top and bottom portions of the drier are connected by four posts llpivoted at their upper and lower ends, these pivots being indicatedat11. In the preferred form of w my invention, these posts are eachprovided with a hinge, such as indicated at 12, whereby, when desired,said posts may be buckled inwardly on these hinges and folded in suchmanner as to be received within the flanged top structure,the. partsthen assumin a flat folded position, shown inFi he sides and end wal sof the drier are. formed of a suitable cl h material having botton holes13 at their upper and lower edges which'are adapted to be engaged withbuttons 14 on the top and bottom portions In lieu of button holes andbuttons, any other suitable detachable fastenin maybe employed.

The clothes to be dried are suspended from the top portion of the drierby means ofsuitable devices such, for instance, as the spring clothespins 15, indicated in Figures 2 and 3. The operation will be readily.understood.

- The clothes to be dried are hung upon the pins 15, the cloth side andend walls of the drier are closed, and the motor fan started to blastair into the distribut' and thence upwardly throu ht clothes, moistureladen air escaping t rough the top openings or slots 10. In this mannerthe wet clothes are rapidly dried. When the drieris not in use, it canbe readil folded into the position shown' in Figure 5 m which.

it occupies but little space for storage.

Owing to the means for readilydetachi g chamber "portion the cloth sidesand ends, these may be washed as frequently as necessary so that soilingof the clothes blown in contact therewith can be prevented. In foldingthe drier, these sides and ends may be either entirely removed. or theymay be partially unbuttoned and folded within the drier. A

I claim:

1. A clothes drier, comprising a base portion containing an airdistributing chamber provided with outlets in its upper Wall and havingmeans at the top for the escape of air, a frame connected to the baseportion, and flexible side and end walls carried by said frame, togetherwith means for introducing air into said chamber, substantially asdescribed.

2. A clothes drier, comprising'a base portion having an air'distributing chamber therein formed with graduated distributing openingsin its top wall, and a closure for the clothes to be dried supported onsaid base portion and having air escape openings at its upper portion,substantially as described.

3. A port-able clothes drier, comprising a base portion, a top portion,and hinged corner posts supporting the top portion from the baseportion, said corner posts being arranged to fold inwardly and to bereceived within the top portion, substantially as described.

4. A portable clothes drier, comprising a base portion having an airdistributing chamber therein, a flanged top portion having air escapeopenings, hinged posts supporting the top portion from the base portion,and flexible fabric side and end walls removably fastened to the baseand top portions, substantially as described.

5. A portable clothes drier, comprising a base portion having an airdistributing chamber therein, fan'means for delivering air into saidchamber, a flanged top portion having air escape openings, post memberssupporting the top portion from the base portion, and flexible fabricside and end walls having means for detachable engagement with said topand bottom portions, said top portion having clothes suspending means,substantially as described.

6. A portable clothes drier, comprising a base portion having an airdistributing chamber therein, fan means for delivering a1r into saidchamber, a flanged top portion havlng air escape openings, jointedinwardly folding post members supporting the top rom the base portion,and. flexible fabric slde and end walls having means for detachableengagement with said top and bottom portions, said top portion havinclothes suspending means, substantially as described.

7. A portable clothes drier, comprising a. flat elongated base portionhaving an air disg covering detac tributing chamber therein, a flangedtop portion extending parallel to the base portion,

together with detachable cloth side and end I walls forming a closurefor the drying chamber of the drier, substantially as described.

9. A portable drier, bottom portions, a drying chamber intermediate saidportions, and detachable fabric side and end walls for said closure,said base portion havin an air distributing chamber thereinprovi ed witha plurality of air discharge openings directed into the drying chamber,substantially as described.

10. A portable drier, comprisin top-and bottom portions, a drying chainr intermediate said portions, and detachable fabric side and end wallsfor said closure, said base portion having an air distributing chambertherein provided with a plurality of air discharge openings directedinto the drying chamber, said top portion having a plurality of clothessupporting means for suspending the clothes within said; {dryingchamber, substantially as described.

comprising top and 11. A clothes drier, comprising a base portion havingan air distributing chamber therein formed with air distributingopenings in its top wall, and a closure for the clothes to be driedsupported on said base portion, substantially as described.

12. A clothes drier, comprising a portable chambered base, and a dryingclosure supported on said base, and means whereby an air circulation maybe created through said a frame adapted to define a drying chamber, aflexible fabric ably secured to said frame and enclosing said chamber,and means at one end of the frame for producing a circulat on of airthrough the chamber, substantially as described.

' 15. In a clothes drier, a frame adapted to define a drying chamber, aflexible fabric covering detachably secured to said frame enclosing saidchamber, and means at one end of the frame for producing a circulationof air through the chamber, the opposite end of the chamber beingadapted to permit the passage of air in the direction induced by saidmeans, substantially as described.

16. In a clothes drier, a frame adapted to define a drying chamber, aflexible fabric covering having its upper and lower edges detachablysecured to said frame, and a fan at one end of the frame for producing acirculation of air through the chamber, the opposite end of the chamberbeing adapted to permit the pamage of air in the direction induced bysaid fan, substantially as described.

17. In a clothes drier, a frame, a chamber constituting a closure forone side of said frame, an air-distributin means for one side of saidchamber, means within the frame for holding the clothes to be dried, andmeans for producing a circulation of drying air through said frame,substantially as described.

18. In a clothes drier, a frame, a chamber constituting a closure forone side of said frame, an air-distributing means for one side of saidchamber, means within the frame for holding the clothes to be dried, andmeans for producing a circulation of drying air through the frame fromsaid chamber to the side of the frame opposite the chamber,substantially as described.

19. In a clothes drier, a frame, a covering for four sides of saidframe, a chamber in one of the remaining sides of said frame, the sideof said frame opposite said chamber being constructed to permit thepassage of air therethrough, and means for producinga circulation of airthrough said frame be tween said chamber and said last mentioned side,substantially as described.

20. In a clothes drier, a frame, a covering for four sides of saidframe, a chamber in one of the remaining sides of said frame, the sideof said frame opposite said chamber being constructed to permit thepassage of air therethrough, and means for producing a circulation ofdrying air through said frame between said chamber and said. lastmentioned side, substantiall as described.

21. In a clothes drier a rying compartment having a chamber constitutinga closure for, one side of said compartment, means within thecompartment for holding the clothes to be dried. and means cooperatingwith said chamber for producing a circulation of air through thecompartment, substantially as described.

22. In a clothes drier, a drying compartment having a" chamberconstituting a closure for one side of said compartment, means withinthe compartment for holding the clothes to be dried, and meanscooperating with said chamber for producing a uniform circulation ofheated airthrough the compartment from end to end thereof, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set m hand.

y FRANCIS C. SULLIVAN.

